What a beautiful venue for a wedding. Originally I thought how weird to get married on a campus, but man it is such a beautiful outdoor space! Absolutely beautiful with a lot of great locations for portraits.

We absolutely LOVED having our wedding reception at the Adobe Lodge! It was such a beautiful venue! We had our meal outside on the lawn against the backdrop of the sunset, roses, and a multitude of flowers. When it got dark, we moved into the lodge for cake and dancing! Leslie was so professional and did such a wonderful job helping us to plan our wedding. The appetizers/cocktail hour was wonderful; the tables were beautifully decorated with elegant dinnerware; and the meal was delicious! She also made sure her team put all of our wedding favors at each place setting; she took care of special meal requests by our guests; and she even had a kids' room in the lodge where our smaller guests could watch movies and draw. Leslie also organized a pre-wedding sample meal so we could taste different appetizers, main courses, and wines before deciding on what we wanted.

Leslie worked with each of our vendors--cake, flowers, DJ, photographer--and made sure each had everything they needed to make our day so special! We highly recommend Leslie and the Adobe Lodge!

I contacted Leslie Panion 1 1/2 years in advance to book my reception at the Adobe Lodge. She was easy to contact and she was always prompt with her responses. We decided on having our wedding inside the lodge with access to the patio for cocktails. We decided on an open bar and brought some of our own alcohol as well. The cost was added on to our package on top of the base bar pricing.

The food was arranged buffet style. They had meals for the children and all the aldults could go up for seconds and thirds. Only one issue with the food, they didn't let the parents know ahead of time, and so many parents picked food up from the buffet for their children. So we ended up having some waste due to the kids not eating some of their extra food.

They did a great job with the set up. Normally the adobe, looks kind of blah on the interior. But after they set up the tables with linens and place settings it looked fantastic.

One of my friends had a wedding at the Adobe exactly one month after mine. Hers was outdoors. They also did an exceptional job on her wedding. The food was great and the decor was well put together. It was just a little cold when it got dark.

I cannot say enough about Leslie and her team. She took care of everything for me! It was an all-inclusive for reception site and catering. The food was amazing. So flexible, we had tons of last minute cancelations, and they ended up dropping some of the cost even though it was not in the contract to do so. We ended up having to plan for rain, and they rented the tents and took care of it all. So stress free!!

My wedding was absolutely stunning. You can't beat the beauty of the Mission for a wedding and the Mission Gardens for the reception. And let me tell you about the crab cake appetizers - ORDER AS MANY AS YOU CAN. So many of my guests raved about the crab cakes, as did I.

We hosted our wedding reception at Adobe Lodge this summer. The building is historic and has a very unique style that we liked a lot, and there are lovely gardens outside. We had our cocktail hour and dinner outside on the lawns and then moved inside for cake cutting and dancing. We also had access to an enclosed porch and outdoor patio area, which were great to allow guests to spread out and rest from partying. Our wedding ceremony was held at the Mission next door, which was very convenient since we didn’t need to arrange transportation.

We primarily worked with the catering director, Jessica, because they were short staffed during COVID. Jessica was helpful but very difficult to get in contact with, presumably because of the short staffing. Communication was definitely the most frustrating and stressful part of working with Adobe Lodge. However, she did make sure things ran smoothly. Adobe Lodge hosts a lot of weddings and other events, so they know how to keep things working efficiently.

We were required to use their catering company (Bon Appetit) for all food, with the exception of the cake because their kitchen wasn’t fully reopened after COVID. We sampled the food a few months before, and it was surprisingly good considering the caterer seems to specialize more in corporate and university catering than weddings. On the wedding day, the dinner service was very professional and efficient.

Adobe Lodge works primarily with Danny Thomas Party Rentals for the chairs, linens, etc. The default options are included with the venue rental price, but we upgraded some of the rentals (chairs, silverware, and glassware). The default chairs in particular didn’t look very nice in our opinion.

Parking was a bit inconvenient for guests since it’s on the other side of the SCU campus, but it wasn’t a big problem (and there are a few spaces adjacent to the Adobe Lodge for vendors, pickup/dropoff, etc.).

In terms of pricing, the venue rental price was very reasonable, but the food and beverage package was overpriced and was by far the most expensive part of our wedding. The rentals were also more expensive than we planned for, so we had to limit what we upgraded.

Overall, we’re glad we hosted our wedding reception at Adobe Lodge. It was stressful due to the communication issues, and the food and beverages cost more than they should have, but those were outweighed by the good parts.

All photos in this review except the last one were taken by Trevor & Elisebeth (@trevorandelisebeth).

I am trying to get in contact with someone there. i have emailed, called and even went down to the church where someone gave me another phone number to call. i have left about 4 messages and i have received no call back. if anyone can help it would be appreciated